Introducción

the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) developed by Sabina Alkire and James Foster is a widely recognized measure of poverty that goes beyond income-based indicators. The MPI assesses poverty based on multiple dimensions, such as health, education, and standard of living. It identifies individuals who are simultaneously deprived in multiple aspects of their lives, providing a more comprehensive understanding of poverty. The MPI assigns a deprivation score to each individual and aggregates these scores to calculate the overall poverty rate. It is a valuable tool for policymakers and researchers to design targeted interventions and monitor progress in poverty reduction efforts.

Deprivation Indicators

Global MPI – Dimensions, Indicators, Deprivation Cutoffs, and Weights
X Dimension Indicator Variable Weight Description
1 Health Nutrition nutrition 0.16666667 Any person under 70 years of age for whom there is nutritional information is undernourished.
2 Health Child mortality child_mortality 0.16666667 A child under 18 has died in the household in the five-year period preceding the survey.
3 Education Years of schooling year_schooling 0.16666667 No eligible household member has completed six years of schooling.
4 Education School attendance school_attendance 0.16666667 Any school-aged child is not attending school up to the age at which he/she would complete class 8.
5 Living Standards Cooking fuel cooking_fuel 0.05555556 A household cooks using solid fuel, such as dung, agricultural crop, shrubs, wood, charcoal, or coal.
6 Living Standards Sanitation sanitation 0.05555556 The household has unimproved or no sanitation facility or it is improved but shared with other households.
7 Living Standards Drinking water drinking_water 0.05555556 The household's source of drinking water is not safe or safe drinking water is a 30-minute or longer walk from home, roundtrip.
8 Living Standards Electricity electricity 0.05555556 The household has no electricity.
9 Living Standards Housing housing 0.05555556 The household has inadequate housing materials in any of the three components: floor, roof, or walls.
10 Living Standards Assets assets 0.05555556 The household does not own more than one of these assets: radio, TV, telephone, computer, animal cart, bicycle, motorbike, or refrigerator, and does not own a car or truck.
Source: Alkire, S., Kanagaratnam, U. and Suppa, N. (2020). ‘The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): 2020 revision’, OPHI MPI Methodological Note 49, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford.

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